chapter 6

Question 1

How much of the population over 18 is considered overweight and obese

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37

65

54

Answer 1

54%

Question 2

What percent of men are overweight or obese? women?

61.8%. 46.2%.

72.8%. 27.2

54.6%. 45.4%

Answer 2

61.8%. 46.2%.

Question 3

what gender is more likely to underestimate their weight?

Answer 3

women

Question 4

what gender is more likely to overestimate their height?

Answer 4

men

Question 5

what province has the lowest rate of overweight and obesity?

Answer 5

British Columbia (48%)

Question 6

how many children between the age of 12-17 are considered obese?

Answer 6

23.1%

Question 7

What province has the highest rates of obesity?

Answer 7

Newfoundland and Labrador

Question 8

What disease are increased with people classified as overweight or obese?

Answer 8

Heart Disease, Stroke, High blood pressure, cancer Type 2 diabetes, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis,sleep apneas

Question 9

What is the difference between overweight and obesity

Answer 9

your weight is greater than the specific height (body builders) obesity means that there is an excessive accumulation of body fat which is associated with health risk (a women can not be overweight but be obese is 30% of weight is for body fat)

Question 10

What is the criteria for obesity to be considered a disablitiy?

Answer 10

at least 45 Kg overweight or Bmi over 40 and underlying disorder causing obesity.

Question 11

What is the calculation for BMI

Answer 11

weight (kg)/height (m)^2

Question 12

When is BMI underweight? Appropriate weight? Overweight?

Answer 12

below 18.5 18.5-24.9 25.0-29.9

Question 13

What BMI results in title of obese?

Answer 13

30

Question 14

What is obese class I? II? III?

Answer 14

30-34.9/ 35.0-39.9/ 40.0

Question 15

What two category is body mass broken down in to?

Answer 15

Fat free mass and fat mass

Question 16

Types of fat?

Answer 16

essential and storage

Question 17

What percent of essential fat do men have? Women?

Answer 17

3-7

10-15

Question 18

Percent of storage fat to body weight for healthy Canadians

Answer 18

5-25 percent

Question 19

What is a low limit for men? women?

Answer 19

3-4 percent

8 percent

Question 20

What is critical level of necessary fat to maintain menstrual flow?

Answer 20

8-13 percent

Question 21

Method of body composition assessment in which it estimate are made of bone mineral content and lean and fat mass using low energy and high energy photon beams

Hydrostatic weighing

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

Skin Fold measurement

Waist Circumference

Air Displacement Plethysmography

Answer 21

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

Question 22

What does the skinfold measurement use for the device?

Answer 22

skinfold calipers

Question 23

issues with skinfold measurement

Answer 23

will not work for obese people who have 20-40 percent of fat.
Primarily developed on young, white, healthy males

Question 24

Where is wasit circumference?

Answer 24

iliac crest/ hip bone

Question 25

circumference greater than what indicate increase risk of heart disease T2D, hypertension, hyperlipidemia for men? women?

Answer 25

102 cm and 88 cm

Question 26

How does Hydrostatic weighing work?

Answer 26

measurement of displaced water when person is completely submerge because fat tissue has lower density than muscle or bone tissue

Question 27

Problem with Air Displacement Plethysmography which is similar to hydrostatic weighing

Answer 27

Assumption that Fat free mass and fat mass is constant

bone mineral content density changes which varies throughout life cycle

Question 28

Technique of body fat assessment in which weak electrical current is measured.

Hydrostatic weighing

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

Skinfold measurement

Waist Circumference

Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Air Displacement Plethysmography

Answer 28

Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis